Looking wayyyy back on the whole Apple clone issue, here is an interesting insider piece from a UMAX employee – Another Crazy Conspiracy Theory

May 17, 2004—Santa Clara, CA

In my previous rambling, I promised more later. It’s later, so here’s the more.

In general, I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories. Most just seem paranoid and give [...]

FatBits: John Siracusa’s Journal: Avoiding Copland 2010: Hints of things to come?

Translated from tech-speak, he’s asking if Apple has any plans to use LLVM beyond gcc, perhaps as a more general-purpose virtual machine. Specifically, he asks whether Apple intends to distribute software using LLVM’s IR (intermediate representation) rather than native (but CPU-specific) binary [...]

Adobe’s Macromedia takeover clears final hurdle | CNET News.com

Adobe Systems’ multibillion-dollar takeover of rival software developer Macromedia has received regulatory clearance and is expected to be completed Saturday.

Adobe announced late Thursday that it and Macromedia have either received or been notified they will receive all regulatory clearances necessary to complete the acquisition, which will cost [...]

Wondering why there is all this hoopla about iTune tiered pricing? An interesting analysis on the Joel on Software homepage called
Price as Signal is well worth reading.

Forbes: “EMI Group boss Alain Levy said at press conference today that he believed Jobs would introduce multiple price points for iTunes music within the next year.”

The story they’re [...]

From the Computerworld Blogs

Rebates are clunky, bricks and mortar affairs that involve paper forms, clipping labels from boxes and sending them via the U.S. mail. Then you wait 10 weeks to see if the check actually arrives. Why do retailers persist with such programs in the era of e-commerce, Web services and instant gratification? Aren’t [...]

Schneier on Security: New Phishing Trick
New Phishing Trick

Although I think I’ve seen the trick before:

Phishing schemes are all about deception, and recently some clever phishers have added a new layer of subterfuge called the secure phish. It uses the padlock icon indicating that your browser has established a secure connection to a Web site to [...]